DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/27 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 39.0 - - 50.1 - - 58.5 - - 50.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 24 - - 133 - - 71 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 214 - - 1223 - - 1983 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 919 - - 1149 - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1103 - - 2112 - - 2872 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 258 - - 586 - - 3591 - - 104 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 74 - - 228 - - 217 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 14 - - 19 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 199 - - 232 - - 221 - - 242 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 5 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -2 - - -5 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1007 - - -1526 - - -3242 - - -2491 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2110 - - 3638 - - 6114 - - 3427 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5653 - - -4416 - - -5456 - - -6100 ODpotential blCL - - - 6756 - - 6528 - - 8328 - - 7036 blCL maxRH - - - 76 - - 73 - - 93 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 39.0 - - 50.1 - - 58.5 - - 50.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.2 - - 37.4 - - 34.8 - - 38.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.0 - - 49.4 - - 58.3 - - 53.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.4 - - 36.1 - - 33.9 - - 38.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 24 - - 133 - - 71 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 214 - - 1223 - - 1983 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 4 - - 0 - - 72 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96664 22 095 11 112 11 103 10 089 96664 89469 27 096 17 120 6 107 11 081 89469 83874 14 098 10 115 7 137 6 115 83874 79183 13 115 6 200 5 229 5 329 79183 75111 4 041 3 175 11 224 14 253 75111 71503 7 352 4 232 12 234 18 254 71503 68217 23 288 15 267 16 255 15 270 68217 65186 28 265 29 278 25 273 33 278 65186 62374 20 265 33 275 34 266 33 257 62374 59639 17 301 31 267 30 262 29 279 59639 56794 32 287 29 269 38 275 39 278 56794 53845 37 291 32 270 39 277 41 271 53845 51013 43 297 41 273 47 278 44 286 51013 48462 45 286 48 278 45 281 63 289 48462 46210 48 286 62 281 61 288 67 283 46210 44192 55 285 68 276 67 279 62 282 44192 42351 61 284 59 275 61 271 61 285 42351 40662 65 281 57 283 58 277 65 280 40662 39108 66 287 58 289 64 283 67 276 39108 37674 63 295 69 295 71 283 71 275 37674 36341 80 309 74 295 75 281 74 275 36341 35063 95 306 77 296 78 280 76 276 35063 33765 93 300 78 295 81 281 76 278 33765 32416 92 298 78 292 79 282 75 279 32416 31017 90 301 78 289 77 281 73 281 31017 29554 86 301 77 287 77 282 72 281 29554 28016 84 302 75 288 74 284 72 281 28016 26404 81 301 71 291 66 286 72 281 26404 24718 82 298 67 292 63 288 71 282 24718 22960 83 298 65 292 61 287 68 283 22960 21132 79 299 65 291 57 285 63 283 21132 19231 72 301 64 286 56 287 55 283 19231 17253 62 301 63 283 55 288 49 281 17253 15242 50 292 54 289 49 283 42 281 15242 13309 42 289 46 284 46 271 39 272 13309 11552 30 285 46 284 52 265 41 259 11552 9992 27 268 48 290 48 263 39 258 9992 8603 29 256 46 297 44 262 32 259 8603 7365 30 259 37 296 41 258 31 268 7365 6262 32 257 29 292 31 253 30 275 6262 5283 30 250 25 282 28 250 30 273 5283 4419 28 245 27 272 28 242 30 266 4419 3653 27 240 27 268 27 234 30 263 3653 2967 27 234 24 262 25*230 29 261 2967 2359 26 225 21*253 21*222 29 260 2359 1851 26 212 16*234 20 221 28 259 1851 1460 24 206 15 232 19 220 26 256 1460 1192 18*201 14 231 18 220 21 250 1192 1029 15*200 13 231 16 220 17*248 1029 936 11 199 11 230 13 219 7*242 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography